Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 19, 1903, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (without Bunday), Ope Year..$4.00 Dailly Bee and Sunday, One ¥ . Illustrated Bee, One Year Bunday Bee, One Year Buturday Bee, One Year. Twentieth Century Farm DELIVERED BY C Daily Bee (without Bunday), per copy.... afly Bee (without Sunday), per week...12 aily Bee (Including Sunday), per week..l7c Bunday Bee, per copy .. by Evening Bee (without Sunday), per weck ¢ Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week .. geoais & Compla t irregulari should be addressed to City tment. . T < ‘OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Buildin, th ny ‘Hiali Butlding, Twen. Btreet. - Washington— CORRESPONDENCE. o Communications relating to news and ed- ftoria] matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMI'TTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, able to The Bee Publishing Company, Baly 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of checks, except on not_accepted, COMPANY. accounts. Persona excha; Omaha or eastern nge, THE BEE PUBLIsgn‘(’) P st o tat STATEMENT OF clncu(’ju‘l‘tlofl'.‘ ka, Douglas County, t gt 2t SRR LU o B Publishing company, be -luy sworn, says ing d ber of full and complete that the IEIIIIIDI'I;:WI %o Yovening. a coples 8, ,ud-y“noe printed during the month of anuary, 1308, was s’ folio" 1 < sia 8O, 420 . :x 30,540 30,680 31,650 80,440 30530 30,750 28,850 30,570 30,570 30,840 80,630 30,670 80,610 FEEEEESenvaname 941,485 9,876 - o 0 peernod 11 e e S g o [t ) orn bo't:ro e this 415t day of January, A. D. © . M. B HUNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. . What kind of weather did you ex- pect in Febr\ury.lnym? em——— l.. the republican clty campaign _n IAncoln the ‘machine won, and the antl- third-termers won also. This would be a puzzler if it happened in Omaba. EE——— It is said that the cold wave in Cali- fornia has inflicted irreparable injury upon the lemon crop. , Look out for a squeeze 1n lemons when lemonade time comes. — With the total vote in the republican city primaries at Lincoln running over 3,000, 1t does not look as if the unfavor- able weather conditions operated per- ceptibly to cool off the ardor to vote. e T——T— ‘Is 1t not the refinement of garcasm for | the street railway company to announce| at this time that it has twenty fine new open cars coming for the accommo- dation of the summer business in Omaha? 5 e—— The county board has decided to take out more tornado’ Insurance on the county hospitdl bullding, One “would imagine that tornado insurance would be more in place 'on the court house, as the home of hot air current: S—pm—— As usual with the approach of the end of the session, con 1s laying the foundation for several extensive Junkets at the government’s expense for the benefit of members anxious to see the world aitliout footing the bills. SRty | And that reminds us that the World- Herald has not said a word to reinforce The, Bee's demand for a legiglative in- v tion as to the whereabouts of the 'money supposed to be represented by the 1-0-U’s In that Bartley cigar box. — President Castro expresses thanks to the people of the United States. He should thank' his ‘lucky ‘stars every day that Veneszuela happens to be located on & small plece of an appendage to the same continent occupled by the United States. EE—— The acceptance by President Roose- velt for the United States government of the'offer of the Papama Canal eom- pany to sell its canal property and rights therein for $40,000,000 constitutes the biggest real estate transaction of ,the season. Jd The Commercial club and the Real Estate exchange must not allow them- selves to be estranged. Both are sup- posed to be working earnestly for the prosperity of Omaba, and the two or- ganizations shBuld work together when- ever they are on common ground. . SEET—— Omaha should do all in its power to encourage the construction, of suburban electric rallroads which would bring the city In closer contact with the people residing In the towns and villages in surrounding territory. Better trans- portation facilities mean closer trade re- lations. E—— + bers of the legislature so far show tion to go after the money be- to the taxpayers embeszzled by . o Bartley, of the Stueéfer bond purchase; be that the républi toas the fuslonists don't dare? sequestered by Meserve or by middlemen as beneficlaries “* Cdii It | e sentiment in opposition tb the Brit- are afrafd and | i$h contention. Mr. Foster has made a BOUTH AMERICAN FRIBND3RIR There 18 good reason to belleve that friendly relations ‘between the United States dnd’ the countries of South Amer ica will be much strengthened by the course of our government in the Ven- ezuelan - matter. While - declining to stield ahy of ‘those republiés from re- sponeibility for their obligations to for- elgn powers, the, United States has still ghown an earnest desire to secure for them fair treatment and given renewed assurance of Its déférmination to pro- tect them against any aggresslon men- aeing thelr territorial integrity. Quietly but firmly. the Eurgpean governments have agfin been reminded that the American prineiple regarding the south- ern republies retalns all its force and ‘vitality aud must be respected. How {ttoroughly’ this 1s understood by those governments is shown in the expres- sions of European newspapers,.particu- larly those of Germany. The ‘dispatch of President Castro, ex- pressing gratitude and sentiments of deference to the people of the United States, will have no little influence upon publie sentiment not only in Venezuela but in other S8outh American countries. ‘There was not the most friendly feeling toward the United States when the trouble with the allles came on. The | United States had a dispute with Ven- ezuela a8 to which the government of that country had shown anything but a conciliatory spirit.’ All feeling of dis- satisfaction or unfriendline#s has been dissipated and Venezuela lns ‘agreed to settle all questions pending with this government in order that cordial: rela- tions may mot again ‘be disturbed. It seems reasonable to assume that other republics, convinced as they should be of ‘the disinterested purpose and policy of the United States respecting them, will be disposed to more carefully cul- tivate our friendshlp, dismissing en- tirely the distrust-and suspicion which for.sevefl years ‘at’least some of them have feit toward this country. The strengthening of friendly relations between the United States and the southern countries will be of great ad- vantage to all. No argument can be fieeded to show the Importance of hay- ing the Independent countries of this hemisphere an good terms with one an- other and pursuing a common purpose in promoting their material, moral and political welfare. The idea of pan- American unfon for the preservation of peace and the advancement of clviliza- tion is not impossible of realization. It ‘has been advocated by some of our most thoughtful statesmen and every such incident as that with Venezuela is favorable to its ultimate consummation. The American psople welcome every evidence of South American friendship, They desire to cultivate and maintain with all the republics of this hemisphere the most cordial relations, feeling that :twocn them are common Interests to ‘conserved and protected. To those countrles this nation gives the assur- ance that no foreign power shall de- spoll them of territory or overthrow their political ipstitutions and it has demonstrated the sincerity of this prom- Ise. It expécts in return thel confl- dence and friendship. e———— COMMISSIONER OF. CORPORATIONS. President Roosevelt has made an ex- cellent selection in appointing James R. Garfleld to be commissioner of corpora- Jtiong in the Department of Commerce and Labor. The position will be a very important one and Mr. Garfield has all the qualifications for the successful per- formance of the duties that will devolve ‘upon’ him. He 'l a young man of en- ergy, industry and-good: judgment. As an active member of the civil service commission he has made & good record for abflity and faithful attention to duty. As the head of the bureau of corpora- | tlons Mr. Garfield can be depended upon to strictly carry out the requirements of the law as to Investigating the organ- Jzation, conduct and management of corporations, other than common car- riers, engaged In Interstate or foreign commerce. What his bureau will have to do in this respect will be thoreughly done and there will be no favor shown. It is sald the president regards the po- sition of commissioner,of corporations as oue of great importance and so it will undoubtedly prove to be with effi- clent management. That it will have this under Mr. Garfield can be confi- dently predicted. ———————— ALASKA BOUNDARY COMMISSION. * With Secretary Root, Senator Lodge and Senator Turper as the American members of the commission to interpret the Alaskan boundary treaty, and for- mer Becretary of State Foster to take charge of the presentation of the case, there need be no apprehension that the United States will not be most ably and failthfully represented. The views of all these men are known to be against any possible dispute of the old treaty lines established by Russia and Great Brit- @in in the early part of the last century. Both Secretary Root and Senator Lodge have maintained that Great-Britain has no reasonable grounds for elaiming vu- der the treaty any territory other than has been conceded all along, while Sena- tor Turner of #he state of Washing‘on i& In full sympathy with the northwest- most thorough study of the' boundary question and in his contributions to its Tmp—— a speech at Baltimore, William Jen- | discussion has argued strongly for the Bryan declared that If his friends | contention of the United States. In a ever get emfire .coutrol of the na-| recent article he stated that there are reforms that the republicans will | determined before the boundary can be i:rnn-e thiey will Institute so| matters of uncertainty which must be -« n & foothold in a generation. If| marked upon the surface and that an we remember rightly, the same promises | agreement can he wore easily and sat- were made with reference to the con-| isfactorlly reached, without putting our trol of the state governuient here in| territorial claim in peril, by means of a S by the Bryanites, but when| joint commission of experts than In any they were ‘oticé fiy “the ‘saddle’ they for- [ other way. He also urged that in the | all about reform, with the result|interest of our own citizens resident in the republicans regained not only | Alaska or pessessivg property there, as ent state of uncertainty as to the exact boundary line shculd no longer continune. It can be very confidently predicted that the Interests of the United Btates will be entlrely safe in the hands of the American members of the commission, which by the way is not for the pur- pose of arbitration in the ordinary sense of the word, but is to consider the treaty of 1825 between Russia and Great Brit ain and endeavor to reach an agreement as to the delimitation of the boundary under that treaty. The British commis- sloners have not yet been announced, but undoubtedly soon Will be. Mean- time there is reported to have been found new evidence strongly favorable to the American contention. THE NEW REVENUE BILL. The rough draft of the new revenue bill has been completed by the joint committee of the legislature and its substance given to the public. The bill is still subject to modification, and full discussion of its various features, which require careful study, must, therefore, walt untll the blll is iutroduced and printed coples of it in 1ts entirety are at hand. From the outline of the bill it is plain that a number of salutary changes from the present revenue system have n agreed upon and various features added for the more efficlent administra- tion of the assessment laws and the more effective collection of taxes when once levied. The bill, however, is drawn with a view to perpetuating the gross inequality that now exists in the matter of the taxation of railroad prop- erty within the jurisdiction of cities and ‘towns for municipal purposes, by which the rallroads are enabled to hold their valuable terminals and rights of way through the hearts of our business and population centers practically exempt from city taxation. In this feature the bill is radically wrong and contravenes what the su- preme court of Nebraska declared to be the most rudimentary principles of jus- tice. In this the bill 1s directly at variance with the provisions of our state constitution, which guarantees uniformity of assessment and taxation of all property within the jurisdiction of the authority imposing the tax. ‘We will not belleve It is the intention of the majority of the legislature to en- dorse the flagrant tax evasion practiced by the rallroads in all our citles, and we will expect that before the proposed bill is accepted this odlous feature will be amended so as to conform with the re- quirements of equity and equality. —— HERE'S 4 HUW-DE-DO. Our amiable democratic contemporary, the World-Herald, does not seem to be at all pleased over the selections made by Governor Mickey for the places on his newly-appointed water board re- quired under the law to be assigned to the democrats. The principal burden of the World-Herald's lamentations is that the democrats named by Governor Mickey have not at all times been dyed- in-the-wool Bryanites, not even strict party men in expl ing personal prefer- ences as between candidates for office. To recognize a man as a democrat who did not vote for Bryan is~a heinous offense, hut the fact that one of the men appointed as a republican happened at one time to have been a victim of the free silver frenzy and to have given per. sonal and fipancial support to Mr. Bryan's undlflncy, cuts no figure as an offset. Perhaps the World-Herald would have preferred to have had Gov- ernor Mickey appoint the democrats vouched for by the Mercer republican machine, as a reward of their loyal support of Mercer in the last campalign as against the regular democratic nom- inee, and to have had the water board a Mercer board of the same order as the police board. In this connection it may be recalled that when a fusion governor appeinted the famous Herd- man police ‘cemmhnlon. with the un- qualified endorsement of the World- Herald, the requirements of the law for distribution among different political parties were made by nominating none but members of the fusion combination masquerading under different names as democrats, populists and silver repub- licans. The whole hub-bub serves only to reluforce what The Bee has maln- talned from the start, that there is no reason or excuse for dépriving Omaha of its right of municipal heme rule, and that the contention that gubernatorial appointment serves to divorce municipal business from politics is a delusion and a snare. E——te—— The idea of a graduated scale of sal- aries for members of the police and fire departments is a good oue and has been advocated by The Bee for many years. We think it is a mistake, how- ever, to place the lowest limit for pro- bationary appointment at $65 a month, as i proposed in the charter amend- went bill. Durlng our exposition the management was never at a loss to se- cure good wen for the guard force at £40 2 mounth, and while this would per. haps be a trifie low, we feel sure capa- ble men would be glad to start in as policemen or firemen at §50 a month if assured of sajary imcreases from thue to time, as thelr services might merit. What the men want is an incentive to work up. Starting the probationers at a lower figuge Would enable the city to maiutain a larger number of men on the force for the money at Its disposal for police and fire purposes and would do injustice to wo.one, The mysteriously lost mail pouch plelon of a shortage in the funds dis- bursed by the state arld land commis- sion. Unfortunately, the dispatches fail to say whethér the suspects belong to the Clark or 'Helnze faction and whether the other side has a similar sensation up its sleeve. e—————— Daily explosions in both houses of congress indicate that our senators and representatives are becoming more and more sensitive to one another's critl- clsm. If they would only become more sensitive about what the general public says ahout them, it would make little difference what comment their asso- clates in congress passed on them. rage. ‘Whashington Post. It 1s quite likely that the Chicago demo- crats will endeavor to pull off a dinner in spite of the pouting of Mr. Bryan. The Laugh Comes Home, Chicago Record-Herald. Most of these city people who Invest in get-rich-quick schemes would probably laugh at a farmer who bought a gold brick. Help for the Under Dog. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. Mr. Bowen is an expert in diplomatic af- fairs. His skill and perseverance im the Venezuela matter prevented the under dog from getting the worst of it. Philadelphia Press. They summoned such & well informed jury to try the coal comspiracy cases in Chicago that it was ready to render a verdict before hearing the evidence. The Jurymen had probably been out of ceal and knew their business. Wor This Jar Yout Brooklyn Eagle. (dem.) Mr. Bryan need not be so per- emptory as he in in- terview with the Ba about who shall or, #hall not be the next democratic candidate for president, or whe shall or shall mot sit in or control the democratic na- tional convention. If he is not very care- ful his seat may be contested and the con- vention may feel like not admitting him. The report against seating him may be presented by David B. Hill, and it may be declared” carried by Grover Cleveland in the chi Do They Really Want Thist Kansas City Journal. “What we want,” says a woman who is besleging the Kansas legislature for the right of ballot, “is not the worship of man. We are not delicate and fragile pleces of china, good only to be put on the mantel- plece to look at. What we want is full fellowship and equality with man, and we will be satisfied with the treatment ac- corded by man to man.” Is the good woman sure of this? Would she be satisfied, for instance, with the salutation ordinarily ac- corded by man unto man. We think not. We think that she would pine for the place on the mantelpiece immediately after some man had slapped her on the back and sald: “Why, hello, Liz! Where'n blazes did you come from?" Hair d Menta] Aectivity. Philadelphia North American. English scientists have been collecting statistics regarding the aptitude of school children. Among the interesting results of their observations aré facts which show a relation between color of the skin and hair and mental proficlency. They say that the suburn-halred boys 'are generally at the head of their recitation classes and that blond girls are the best at learning. The auburn and blond girls come out best in arithmetic, but are fot good at composi- tion Dark-haired children of both sexes seem to have better imaginative ghalities than the falr ones, and bave much better style and composition. The da boys behave better than the fair and aré more sensitive to praise or blame. Probably the reason is that the aubura a blond children, being of Flemish origin. are more phlegmatic than the dark ones. i rii iy SENSITIVE TO PUBLIC. OPINION, iy Political Amenities a Sign of the Times in the West, Indianapolis Journal. We think it is always & good sign when men in public life are sensitive to public opinion and when they chafe under criti- clsm. For & man of this sort is almost cargtul, perhaps, at times. But, on the whole, 1t 18 not & bad thing to have a pub- lic man afrald to do wrong. There has been a recent exhibition of sensitiveness to criticlsm which we cannot but regard as encouraging. The lower house of the Utah leglslature has passed a set of resolutions severely condemning & Salt Lake paper for publishing am article in which it was said that members from San Pete county “could change places with jackrabbits and the legislature would be strengthened by the presence of thelr substitutes.”” Of course, we know nothing whatever of the merits of the controversy—whether the paper did in- justice to the San Pete members or to the BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Mimor Scemes Sketeked The tendency toward excessive illustra tion of government reports caused congress to lay a restraining hand on bureau chiefs s0 as to check the cost of printing waich bas grown in a few years from $2,000,000 to $6,000,000, the sum appropriated for the coming fiscal year. An amehdment to the sundry civil bill makes it mandatory on the public printer to {llustrate a document sent to him only when expressly ordered by the head of the department, and when the illustrations are imperatively needed for the elucidation of the text. The ex- cessive use of half-tone cuts was pointed out first in the publications of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, but it is not confined to that department. The object there is to enlighten farmers and fruit growers in va- rlous branches of scientific agriculture and horticulture. Illustrations are, with the mass of farmers, far motw potent than the text in teaching many things, and so the practice grew up of putting many illustr tions in the publications of the depart- ment. But those who suppose that no other government department has a penchant for pictures should see the reports of the gov- ernors of territories that want to enjoy a “boom,” or of some of the abstruse scien- tific experts. In matters that concern di- rectly the wishes of senators or members, officials who have to do with congrees are also prone to print all the cuts they can think of. The application of the Interstate com- merce rule to the slaughter of birds for decorative and millinery purposes, as pro- vided in the Lacey law, has proved to be a serious blow at an industry seldom thought of as entitled to legislative pro- tection. The bird dealers of the country say that they are likely to suffer business annihilation through the operations of the Lacey Jaw, which is something that was not infended by its author nor by con- The alm of the act was to protect species of birds that, because of the demand for their plumage, were in danger of extinc- tion. The bird dealers commend the law as applied to this purpose, but say that to prevent them from dealing in native song birds kept in cages is an injury. In a peti- tion to congress the dealers say they are not adverse to any measure having for its object the maintenance of the natural sup- ply of that which fs the basis of their stock in trade. But they protest against such provisions of the law prohibit the capture and sale of song birds There has been a large trade In mock- ing birds from Texas for years. The birds are common there, and are easily trapped. Kept in large cages, which sometimes hold thousands, they are well cared for. An expert attendant watches them with a small syringe in one hand, loaded with red ink, from which, whenever he notices a song- ster, he squirts a stream of the red liquid on the bird, so as to mark him for ship- ment as a songster. This industry has been eatirely cut off by the Lacey act. The bird men do not hope to accomplish anything this session, but have under- taken, by organization, to bring their case to the attention of congress, and will try amother year to have the law amended. The congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which always opens om Washington's birthday, when that holi- day does nmot fall on Sunday, will begin this year the day after—Monday, February 28, ‘Washington. It promises to be un- usually lively, though for that matter the congress is lively enough at any time. A president-general is to be elected, or re-elected. Which it will be, no man can say, Dor can any woman. president-general, Mrs. Fairbanks is a candidate for re-election. She has a lagge following of admirers who declare that she is eligible. Mrs. Donald McLean also has a large following who think they have discovered something in the consti- tution of the soclety which renders Mrs. Fairbanks ineligible to re-election. Thers will be a spirited contest whether the out- come is the re-election of Mrs. Fairbanks or the election of another candidate. ‘The most interesting topic to come before the congress will be the plans relating to Continental hall—no longer a dream now, but a reality. The site has already been secured and nearly 100 plans have been submitted by architects all over the coun- try. Three of the plans have been selected and a cholce from among the three will be made by a vote of the congres: ‘The site is near the Corco and commands fine view of the White House, and the Washington monument. Continental hall will cost about $300,000, include an auditorfum seating 2,000 persons, to be used by congresses and will be pro- vided with a steel-lined vault for the safe keeping of valuable papers and funds. Art gallery John Henry Ketcham of the Twenty-first district of New York gets as much dis- tinction as does John Wesley Gaines, who appears oftener In the Congressional Rec- ord than any other representative in con- gress. Mr. Ketcham has served in con- gress for thirty-two years and in il that time he has never said a word on the floor of the house which has been reported by the offieial stenographers. The only words he has ever uttered aloud in the national jackrabbits. It we could hear from the rabbits we might get much light. But, unfortunately, that cannot be. S0 we shall have to be content with human testimony, and there is but little of that. We all know that in practically every legislative body there are men in- ferior to jackrabbits. There have been such men in our own leg re in the past; as to the present ome we do not speak, for it has its record yet to make. On general principles, we should say, that there is nothing inherently absurd in the comparison made by our contemporary of Salt Lake And yet, as has been said, en- couragement is to be drawn from the fact that the legislature wineed under the criti- clsm of some of its members. Nor does it greatly matter whether they are sore be- cal they recognize the accuracy of the description, or because they repudiate the suggestion of a llkeness that they them- selves do aot see. In either case there is the same swift meeting of an &ttack deemed to be unjust. But how breezy and plcturesque s the nomenclature of the west! Here we should have been content with-saylng that the man attacked was not fit to be dog-catcher, or that a yellow dog—always yellow— would do better in office. But in Utah the Jackrabbit is substituted, with a great of the effect, and in place of statement that the members in question are inferior to jackrabbits it is said that the legislature would be posi- tively strengthened by the substitution of jackrabbits for the members. Vigorous political writing this is surely. It pul- sates with the throb of the mountain air, containing money, checks and valuables amounting to $50,000 has as mysteriously reappeared, and all sorts of theorles are being advanced te explain its temporary absence, except the most plausible theory, namely, that the par- ties who had it In possession lost their nerve. e The Montana legislature has an in- vestigation ia bhand, Mfil’ by @ sus- and brims with the abounding lite of & free, unsophisticated and unspolled people. legislative halls are ““Yes" and ““No' when voting. While he has maintained this un- broken silence he has been a very effective worker, being particularly active in com- mittee work. He is the only member In the house, young or old, who has never in the hous: Ketcham is very deaf and he will not join in debate for fear his disability will cause bim to make a blunder. President Roosevelt was telling a friend about his mall, which averages 500 or 600 letters & duy. “One of the most remark- able letters T ever teceived,” he sald, “ar- rived on the morning the first full accounts of the Martinique disaster were printed in the newspapers. The writer sald he saw that the American consul at Martinique had been burned to death. He applied for the place and wound up with this sentence ““I make this early application o as to get In ahesd of those loathsome creatures, the office seekers.’ " The latest is the “secretary trust.” Four wealthy Pennsylvania congressmen— Adams, Morrell, Burk and Foerderer—are charged with haviog organmized It. Labor unions in Philadelphia declare that these four congressmen have pooled thelr issues. Instead of each employing a secretary, they | employ only one for the four. Each repre- sentative in congress is allowed §1,200 & year for the hire of & secretary. The com- bination can divide $3,600 among them by the “trust” plas. Senator Mason's son Roderick was not at all robust in his babyhood, so his parents encouraged him in all sorts of exercise. We seem to realize more keenly than ever before the truth of Joseph Story's famous lines: Here shall the Press the People's right maintatn, Unaw'd by influence and unbrib’d by gain: H::od ot Truth her glorious precepts raw, Pledged to Religlon, Liberty and Law, It may be that there bas been The boy to be quite sturdy and took 0 kindly to the punching bag that he be- came considerable of a little pugllist. In fact he I'Mypfid most of the boys when he first went ‘to school. After Congressman Hopkins was elected to succeed Semator Mason the family of the latter began Roderick, after a long period of reflection, sald: “Mamma, M5, Hopkins & boy of Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE AS TO DECENT NEWSPAPERS. Some Re: on Rev. Parkhurst of the Business. Chicago Chronicle. Like most other people who know noth- ing of newspaper work, Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst of New York believes that he is qualified to publish an ideal daily news- paper. Unlike most clergymen who have entertained the same ideas, Dr. Parkhurst doea mot, however, belie that such a newspaper should be a professedly religious Journal. He declares that his idea would be to print facts without elaboration or embellish- ment and to print them for just what they are worth if they are printable. He would not suppress news. He would not evén eliminate police court items. He would not dignify trifies nor would he minimize important intelligence simply because it happened to be disagreeable or even shocking. He would discourage sensa- tion. He would foster public spirit. Upon such lines would he conduct his newspaper, and he intimates that several wealthy New Yorkers are willing to furnish the funds necessary for the establishment of such & newspaper. Dr. Parkhurst's program is unobjection- able, but it is dificult to see why he should start a newspaper in order to carry it out. There are already in New York city sev- eral newspapers which fulfill every re- quirement specified by Dr. Parkhurst. They print the news in exactly the style which he prescribes. They do not magnify viee, yet they do not seek to deav its existence by suppressing criminal news. They pub- lish the current intelligence of the day at its true value. They discourage sensation- alism, and they are the exponents of de- cent public opinien. There are, indeed, such journals in e considerable city inm this eount: The yawping, lying, sensational “yellow” sheet is the exception and not the rule. It is be- coming more and more the exception, be- cause many newspapers mcmentarily tempted to adopt “yellow” methods bave realized the moral and material inexpe- diency of such methods and have returned to the rational and sensible system which they tempotrarily abandoned. Sensational journalism, always an appar- ent rather than a real success, is in its decadence and true American journal is on a higher level today than ever it was before. 1t “Is not, therefore, mecessary for Dr. Parkhurst and hfs wealthy parishioners to expend their energy and their money in an effort to regenerate the newspaper press of the country. A large majority of the daily newspapers stand in no need of such ro- generation, and the small and dwindling minority which practices the arts of the muck raker and the sideshow ‘‘barker” will_shortly be out of business through lack of a constituency. The newspapers of the United States take their tone from the people that support them, and the people of the United States are neither gaping clowns mer moral de- generates. —_— PERSONAL NOTES, i President Roosevelt, in his is graduating some first-class terial from his White House institute, Rev. Dr. W. 8. Raipford of 'New York, when asked how he regarded the action of Vermont in repudiating probibition, said: “I would rather see a man free than sobe Men who lose money to the turf invi ment concerns have to endure the addi- tional pang of mot being permitted to see the races. Madame Humbert's adroitness on the wit- pess stand has won the admiration of all Parls. She was very bold, and, if there s anything the Frenchman likes, it ia his native Gaul. John D. Rockefeller went down to his office at 26 Broadway the other day, and a few hours later emerged $8,000,000 richer than when he entered. Standard oll had declared its quarterly dividend of $20 per share. Senator Platt and Secretary Shaw, with some others, were simultaneous callers on the president the other day. When Mr. Shaw took his leave he could not find his bat. “I make no charge,” he said, “but Mr. Platt left before I did. The lack of male beirs smong leading English military men is remarkable. Lord Wolseley has but one child, an unmarried daughter. Lord Roberts has mow no son. Lord Kitchener is & bachelor, and Sir Redvers Buller, who once was regarded as quite In the running for hereditary dis- tinction, hi only child—a daughter, DEMOCRACY'S ¥EW LEADER. Boom for Judge Parker Remohes the Betting Stage. Judge Parker's boom for the democratla nomination in 1904 has reached the betting stage In Now York. Wall street brokers ave lald wagers that he will recelve the rize. The Brooklyn Bagle of Sunday de- votes two columns to the subject; written by 8t. Clair McKelway, an enthusiastic ad- mirer of the judge. The Bagle belleves democratic thought is gravitating toward the New York juriet. “Two things," says the Eagle, “now stand in the way of Judge Parker's nomination. One is the reported grooming of his candidacy by Mr. Hill. The other is the resentment which that bellef arouses in the minds of the Bryan rem- nant. “We do mot think these are formidable obstacles, for they can be explained and overcome. Judge Parker is too gratetul and honmorable a man to be insensible to what Mr. Hill has done for him. He is toe large & man to subordinate himselt to Mr. Hill in any office. Neither an.ingrate or a weakling, the judge would give to Mr. Hill the considerablo welght to which he is justly entitled as a democratic fac- tor, but he would give to no man the con- trol of his action or the determination of his policy. The Bryan remnant will have to suppert the nomines, whoever he nd take thelr chances under him, or. they will bave to get out. If they get out, their loss will be more than made good by bet~ ter men whom they alone have alienated trom the democratic party. SMILING REMARKS, Polite Gentleman (In street car)—Take my lam. Lady—Never mind, thank you. I gét out here, too.—New York Weekly: “If some young said U t as much time studyin’ dressin’ up, dey would know mo whut is votin’ about when election day com: a_‘._y d ‘Washington Star, “How are you, Harold? I am glad to ses you looking so much better.” “Why, was I looking bad the last time you saw me?" ‘ “You certainly were. You were acting in amateur drama.”—Chicago Tribune. “Aw—why is it, Miss Keene, do not—aw—have any sense of humor?” “Probably for the same _reason, Bharpless, that gome men do not have sense of any kind.'—Kansas City Jou that women %llxun Anne was rejoicing in her title of “The Good. " g 0d. “And to think it ined!" she mused; “‘just by people.—~New York Times. “I, would advise you," he sald to the friefid he was taking home to dinner, “to try some of my wife's d hes. Of course, 1 know you don’t care for them ordinarily, but these mvort G “Extra good, are they?’ “Well, I bought the brandy myself and dumped an ex bottle of It in when she wasn't looking."'— Chicago Post. y . “Now,” sald the promoter, ‘‘we" got our new Trust started. All ‘wa, 15 . tehy title and we'll list. on 'Chan hy .n.ot call it ‘Penins ” |u“-tod the man who was h W ““What has ‘Peninsula’ to do with it “Well, o peninsula, you know, is l'lllol| entirel; ) phia surrounded ' b; ‘atholic Btandare IF I WAS A BO wat There's a heap of solid comfort in & retrd- spective view Of the joys and eports of childhood that' though old are ever new, And { seem again to live them, they are tréasured in my heart, And_ with wild enthusiasm, boyish-lke I take a part. . One old cat, “your firs! “T will be the catcher. Then it's leap trog, puil “Look out or hell get There's the old rustic school house, in my . vision always clear, ‘With its old knife carven benches where ear, Ty anxious’ for the respite from our work, ‘While the old clock ticked the moments as a duty it would shirk . tasks are done, me wiil slip, 1l Join hands rac the whip. All too soon the bell is ringing, recess over, how we run Back to books and brightened by Rut it's com Now how Fall in line. And we'll fun, y mastered and the task i1s one of jo. And T often in my fancy wish agaid I was a boy. I'a have marbles and kites ‘And_every kind of toy, Piay hop-scotch and shiony, If 1 only was a boy. Talmage, Neb. CORYDON ROOD, RATHER LATE in the season to talk seal skin, but this weather put us in mind of a few “genuine” seal skin caps that we were about to pack Y. and use & ‘“‘bary left—are now $3.50, for mext season. They have sold all season at $5.00, at that price—what's a good investment NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. Brownir g Klng’ & Q’a R. 8. Wilcoz, Mgr. 4